Bajura, July 25

Different donor agencies have shown interest in providing relief materials to landslide victims of Badimalika Municipality, Bajura after The Himalayan Times daily carried the news on the plight of landslide victims.

The Himalayan Times on Monday had published news of 118 landslide victims not receiving even a single tent by way of relief even a week after the disaster.

Child Workers in Nepal Concerned Centre Nepal, Dhangadi has planned to send 75 tents along with relief materials worth Rs 4 lakh to the victims.

Programme coordinator Madhav Lohani of CWIN said that preparations were on to send dolls for the kids, pens, copies and medicines among others to the areas.

District Disaster Rescue Committee Chairman as well as Chief District Officer Bhoj Raj Shrestha said the office had deployed staff to bring the relief materials provided by CWIN. Similarly, Sumana Shrestha, a social worker in Kathmandu, said that she has been collecting help for the victims.

Dhangadi Regional Chief Janak Sharma said that Caritas-Nepal, which was founded in 1990 by the Catholic Church to respond to devastating floods and other natural disasters and Food First Information and Action Networks Nepalhave also assured help to the victims.

Far-west Regional Acting Chief Mohan Joshi of National Human Rights Commission said that the news covered by THT had drawn the attention of the commission.

He said that he has been coordinating with the chief district officer and UNICEF, among national and international non-governmental organisations for help to Badimalika Municipality landslide victims.

As many as 118 families of Jilli and Rajali of the municipality were displaced due to landslides that occurred on July 16.

The victims of Jilli had complained that they had yet to receive even a single tent by way of relief.